Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 308 The Situation in January 1915 (Silver Alliance Update 1/10)

Wang Zhong: "How's it going? Not bad, right?"

"Very good," Yegorov nodded, "Actually, I'm satisfied if it can break the tracks. This thing can not only break the tracks!"

Wang Zhong: "It can also destroy the enemy's sighting system. If it hits the side, it can even penetrate the Panzer III tank."

After all, this thing has a diameter of 40 mm.

And there is another advantage of the machine gun: you don't need to aim carefully, you can hit the weak point and penetrate it when the fate comes. This is how the target Panzer III tank should catch fire.

Wang Zhong: "Aim at the Panzer IV and see how this gun performs against Prosen's best armor protection."

In fact, Wang Zhong's No. 4 here can no longer represent Prosen's best armor protection. No. 4 with better protection has appeared on the battlefield, and there are various battlefield modifications.

However, Wang Zhong did not expect Bofors to be the main anti-tank force, he just tried to see if he could penetrate it.

Without saying a word, the Crusaders opened fire, directly sending out a large amount of smoke and dust around the No. 4 tank.

After firing 20 rounds, Wang Zhong ordered to stop shooting.

The Panzer IV did not burst into flames.

After the inspection, the target inspector reported through the walkie-talkie: "One member of the tank was injured. It is initially determined that shrapnel flew in from the observation port and injured the member. In addition, the tank turret seat was stuck. We tested it and found that it could not rotate. The track Was also interrupted."

Wang Zhong clapped his hands: "Okay! How about it, Yegorov, do you want it?"

"I just said I wanted it! Can I not want this good thing?" Yegorov said.

To destroy a tank on the battlefield, you don't actually need to reduce the number of enemy members to less than two. Breaking the tracks and jamming the seats can basically make the crew abandon the vehicle.

If the driver is killed through the observation port, the crew will generally abandon the vehicle.

Wang Zhong remembered that in Karius's autobiography "Tiger in the Mud", he drove a 38T tank on the battlefield for the first time. In the end, one of the members was killed and the whole tank was abandoned.

Santoku's tank crews are required to be able to play any position, but even so they still abandon the tank because it is difficult to quickly remove dead members on the battlefield, and the corpses will occupy the position.

At this time, the only option is to abandon the vehicle, wait until the battle is over and control the battlefield, then drag out the body, repair the vehicle, and the crew joins other crews to form a complete crew, so a tank regains its combat effectiveness.

In this case, a machine gun that can stably destroy enemy tank tracks, jam the turret seat ring, and even injure an enemy is much more useful on the battlefield than in the game.

And this thing is also anti-aircraft.

No, its main job is air defense, but not being used for air defense is the fate of every excellent anti-aircraft gun.

After testing the Bofors on the Crusader anti-aircraft gun, Wang Zhong is increasingly looking forward to the double-barreled anti-aircraft gun he will build after the Bofors production line is completed.

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Wang Zhong spent the next half month in a state of flux.

During this time, Wang Zhong thought of the social life he had just started before time travel, going to work, working, and working overtime. If it weren't for the beautiful fiancée and the beautiful little maid who greeted him when he returned home, Wang Zhong would have thought he was back on Earth.

On January 29, as soon as Wang Zhong's motorcade arrived at the gate of his manor, he saw another military vehicle coming from the road on the other side of the gate. General Gorky waved to him in the car.

A moment later, Wang Zhong hugged General Gorky at the door of his manor.

Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still did not follow Su Xunzong's example. Instead, he distanced himself and asked, "Why are you back?"

General Gorky: "The situation on the front line has stabilized. I spent half a month carefully investigating the terrain of the front line and preparing to launch an offensive to hold back some enemy forces when the enemy attacks on the southern front in March and April."

Wang Zhong: "Isn't it difficult to fight against a fortified area?"

"Yes, but after reconnaissance, I found a new ferry on the Dua River. Tanks can wade through and there is no enemy defense on the other side. I am ready to use this ferry."

Wang Zhong: "Have you tried it? Isn't the Duwa River frozen now?"

General Gorky: "The locals said you can cross the river on foot. I think tanks should be fine."

Wang Zhong: "It's better to investigate more."

He vaguely recalled that it seemed that the Soviet army's first attack on Zhelew on the other side of the earth failed because of the problem of crossing the river. The follow-up troops could not keep up. The troops that had already crossed the river were counterattacked by the Sandoko Armored Division and finally failed.

General Gorky: "I have a hunch that the attack will not work, but apart from the attack, there is no other way to hold down Ploson's army. If Ploson concentrates his superior forces on the southern front, the situation will be worse. We cannot Throw away Kuba's oil fields.

"The support from the United States is always subject to transportation capacity. If they don't have to allocate transportation capacity to transport oil, they can give us more other things."

Now, new supplies from the United States are being sent to Ant every day, and Ant is being given a steady stream of blood transfusions.

However, after all, the war has just begun, and the United States has not completed the conversion and mobilization of industry, and has not yet started mass-producing one free ship a day. The current transportation capacity constraints are still quite serious.

Lyudmila, who came to greet you at this time, asked: "Is it okay for you to talk about military affairs like this? Will spies listen to it?"

General Gorky: "No problem. Just like last year, everyone knew that the enemy would definitely attack Yebao. It is almost an open secret that the enemy will mainly attack the southern front. The question is, where exactly will they attack."

Wang Zhong added: "Most of the strategic issues are conspiracies and are laid out on the surface. Only in tactics can we carry out various tactical deceptions. However, no matter where the enemy wants to attack, he must first penetrate our coastal areas." Fortress - Bolsk Line, Prince Myshkin is there."

Lyudmila: "Oh, it's the sick prince. I saw him in Shepetovka. I don't know if he is better."

Wang Zhong: "I don't know."

Based on Wang Zhong's impression of Duke Meishkin when he met him, he speculated that the Duke had tuberculosis, which was now a terminal illness and could only prolong his life.

The good news is that the Duke's symptoms are still relatively mild, and he should be in the early stages. Going to a place with fresh air to recuperate may be able to wait until human medicine can overcome this difficulty.

It's not clear now.

Lyudmila added: "Should you go to the study to continue chatting, or should you eat first?"

Wang Zhong: "I chose to eat in the study and let Nellie push it over in a trolley."

"Okay. Nellie, let me prepare with you."

Neli looked at Lyudmila with the same expression she usually gave Wang Zhong: "Miss, go into the kitchen and make nothing but salad."

Does Lyudmila still have the ability to turn rice into poison? Do you want it to be so two-dimensional?

Wang Zhong complained in his heart and patted General Gorky on the shoulder: "Let's go and let the girls do their work. There are also waffles in my room. You can fill your stomach before the meal comes."

General Gorky: "Waffles don't matter. Is there Coke? They say Coke is considered a luxury product and the amount of aid is very small."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, of course. I have enough Coke here."

"Then let's go."

A moment later, in Wang Zhong's study, General Gorky drank a third of the bottle of Coke in one gulp, and then burped with satisfaction.

Wang Zhong asked: "There is no Coke on the front line. What is the supply situation of other supplies?"

General Gorky: "It's not bad so far. We originally planned to ration food to the hired workers, but Spam cans have changed this. Currently, the front lines are well fed and clothed, and the soldiers are clamoring for an attack.

"But we have just added new recruits. These are new recruits who have only been trained for a few months. We will use them to attack..."

The general shook his head and continued drinking Coke.

Wang Zhong: "If the enemy can be allowed to attack and our army trains new recruits in the defense relying on solid positions, the situation will be better."

But the enemy's main attack direction is the southern line, where there is only a solid fortified line of defense at first, and the rest is the Great Plains. If a unit with many new recruits fights against the Prosen Army, which is mostly veterans, in such a place, there will definitely be huge casualties.

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"The new recruits our army is currently recruiting are all mobilized reserves, and there are only a very small number of pure recruits who have just come out of the recruit training camp."

Prosen Empire, Eagle's Nest.

Chief of the Imperial General Staff William Kelt reported: “In view of the current situation on the front line, we have withdrawn all major combat troops.

"Some units of Army Group Center and Army Group South with particularly heavy losses were sent to Agsukov for rest and recuperation. It is expected that the recuperation will end in March."

Emperor Reinhard: "What about the equipment replenishment?"

Wilhelm von Moltke, who was removed from the front line and concentrated on serving as director of armored forces, reported: "The current Panzer IV equipped with KWK40 artillery has begun mass production. After all, it is just a modification and does not require large-scale improvements to the production line. , the workers are also relatively skilled.

"The problem now is that we originally produced the Panzer IV as an infantry tank, and basically maintained a three-to-one ratio with the Panzer III, which is mainly responsible for armored warfare.

"The same goes for the production lines. Three factories are producing Panzer III tanks, while only one factory is producing Panzer IV tanks. To convert the No. 3 production line into producing Panzer IV tanks, it will take eight months of modification time. The current production capacity of Panzer IV tanks is insufficient. In fact, the production capacity of No. 3 is also insufficient.

"In view of the fact that the current war on the Eastern Front may turn into a tragic war of attrition, I recommend general mobilization to fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient production capacity."

Reinhard waved his hand: "No, we wiped out several million Ant troops last year, and captured 1.5 million prisoners alone. This inferior race does not need us to mobilize at all. At present, with our combat effectiveness , there is still hope that the war will end this year!

“The effort to capture the capital and weaken the enemy’s will to fight has failed, but the possibility of attacking the enemy’s resource base and forcing the enemy to surrender still exists!

"it's here!"

Reinhard pressed his finger heavily on the Kuba area on the map.

"Take away the oil fields here, and on the way to attack, we will also seize the enemy's main coal-producing areas. By then, the Ant people will not even have fuel for heating. They will have to choose between freezing to death or surrendering!"

At this time, Army Commander-in-Chief Walter von Bryan said: "However, the enemy also knows this. Didn't Rabeville already get the intelligence from the Clutter Bureau?"

Reinhardt: "Everyone knows this kind of thing. Your task is to find a shortcut to achieve your goal, just like that in the Ardennes Forest."

He looked around the room, and finally looked at Air Force Commander Grand Duke Meyer: "When will Ant's muddy period end?"

Theoretically, meteorology is under the control of the Air Force, although the Army also has its own meteorological department.

Archduke Meyer replied: "April."

Reinhardt: "Then launch the spring offensive in April. The first stage goal is to break through the enemy's defense line from the Marina Fortress to Borsk. In the second stage, we will gallop across the entire southern plain and strive to annihilate another million The Ant troops on the left and right make it completely impossible for them to protect Bowser!"